John Hippensteel I

Brief Life History of John

When John Hippensteel I was born on 5 July 1774, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Samuel Hippensteel, was 25 and his mother, Maria Magdaline Bollinger, was 23. He married Mary Hendricks on 4 March 1790. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1810 and Southampton Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. He died about 1845, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

John Hippensteel I
1774–1845
Mary Hendricks
1773–1860
Marriage: 4 March 1790
John Hippensteel Jr.
1795–1871
Joseph Hippensteel
1806–
Elizabeth Hippensteel
1800–1881
Major Henry Hippensteel
1804–1867
William James Hippensteel
1811–1884
James H. Hippensteel
1813–1885
William Hippensteel
1815–1816
Christina Hippensteel
1818–1895

Sources (2)

  • John Hippensteel, "United States Census, 1810"
  • John Hippensteel, "United States Census, 1820"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Walther.

Americanized form of German Hippenstiel, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of handles for scythes, from Middle High German heppe ‘scythe’ + stil ‘handle’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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